'Four Score and Seven Years Ago': A look at some of the best presidential speeches

A look at some of the best presidential speeches

When you're President of the United States, part of the job is to address the country at times of war, tragedy and simply stepping into office to assume the role of commander in chief. Throughout the years, presidents have come and gone, but some have left a mark on the country with words they've had to deliver at key moments. Here's a look at some of the greatest presidential speeches in U.S. history.

Brett Bodner

'Four Score and Seven Years Ago': A look at some of the best presidential speeches

Richard Nixon - Resignation Speech

Following the Watergate scandal, President Richard Nixon had to resign from office on Aug. 8, 1974. In his final speech as president, Nixon discussed the mistakes he made and tried to talk about his accomplishments during his time in the oval office. "In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation. Throughout the long and difficult period of Watergate, I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me. In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future."